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While such a move certainly would be a cataclysmic break with Harvard’s past, it would also do a great deal of good. Public schooling needs a pick-me-up, and Harvard is uniquely primed to administer it. Many high-school students (and parents) dream of a Harvard education, and quite a few try to get a leg up by attending an elite private high school. If, however, they knew that a public-school education would offer a better opportunity, they would be likelier to remain engaged in the state system. A simple word from Harvard and similar...
...that you attended a private school, there’s also a decent chance that you’re a pretty smart cookie. As many of your classmates have proven, it’s very likely that you could have made it to these hallowed halls with only a public-school education. The point of this measure wouldn’t be to close any doors, but rather to throw them open—because it would leave both ex-private-schoolers and heretofore marginalized public-schoolers on the same level playing field...
...took an occasional play from John McCain's book of partisan transgressions and gored some Democratic oxen. It would be nice if he, say, challenged the teachers' unions, which didn't support him anyway and whose work rules choke out any chance of creative experimentation in the public-school system. Or if he stood against the atrocious Farm Bill, which spreads unnecessary fiscal fertilizer upon an already profitable industry. Or if he didn't feel the need to promise a tax cut to 95% of American families...
...protest is one of the most daunting challenges facing American public schools: how to resolve the ever-widening gap in funding - and performance - between poor and wealthy districts. In Illinois, local property tax revenues fund a neighborhood school system, leading to vast differences in the education dollars one district receives compared to another. Chicago each year spends just $10,000 per pupil whereas suburbs like Winnetka can spend as much as $17,000. "Public education is supposed to be the great equalizer," says Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago's public-school district. "But the fact that the amount of money...
...This time around, the groups organizing massive protests in St. Paul and Denver are making sure to avoid the same mistakes. "We learned something from Boston," says Meredith Aby, 35, a public-school teacher who is helping to organize the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War protest in St. Paul. "The people in Boston said you need to start your legal process early and you need to make your struggle very early...